Anniversary

A giant panda in Hong Kong will turn 37 this summer, at which time she will break the world record for the oldest panda living in captivity. Though her age is equivalent to 100 human years, she looks “surprisingly good for her years.”

A memorial service in honor of the MH17 flight victims has been held in Kuala Lumpur, marking almost a year since the tragedy. The Malaysian PM asked for “the fullest cooperation” internationally in gathering irrefutable evidence against the perpetrators.

Everyone responsible for the mass murder of thousands Muslims near Srebrenica during the Bosnian war in 1995 must be brought to justice and punished as soon as possible, the Russian Foreign ministry said on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the tragedy.

The British government didn’t learn lessons from the July 7 attacks 10 years ago as they keep intervening in the Middle East and join alliances fighting ISIS, Abdel Bari Atwan, Editor in chief of Raialyoum Arabic Independent Newspaper, told RT.

As the 10th anniversary of the most deadly terrorist attack ever to be carried out in Britain – the 7/7 attacks on the London underground and transport systems – is recalled, UK policy has since made the prospects of another 7/7 more, not less, likely.

Mixed reactions followed the unveiling in Serbia of a statue to Gavrilo Princip, whose murder of the Austro-Hungarian crown prince triggered the World War I. Princip still divides the region, with some viewing him as a hero and others a terrorist.

Belgium has started minting a special 2.50 euro coin to mark the 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. The move comes after France demanded that Brussels scrap earlier minted two-euro coins made with the same aim.

It’s unlikely that Snowden will ever be removed from the US wanted list, as he told the truth about the “bastion of freedom” that lectures other states while spying on its own citizens, said Matteo Bergamini, director of Shout Out UK.